Letters to the Editor
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Social media users should focus on the positiveMay 29, 2024 1:58 pm - In a recent HelpGuide.org article, “Social Media and Mental Health,” Lawrence Robinson explains the indirect and the direct negative effects it has on mental health. Soci...
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Remember the service of all who keep us safeMay 27, 2024 11:29 am - I’d like to share an interview with the great actor Joe Mantegna about Memorial Day that I read. It was about 15 years ago, and he was asked if hosting The National Memor...
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A day to remember the high cost of our freedomMay 27, 2024 11:29 am - Memorial Day honors the men and women who have died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. It is a day that reminds us of the high price of freedom and the debt...
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Biden’s Level III marijuana rule?May 26, 2024 8:24 pm - Letter to the editor: The Justice Department submitted to the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking initiating a formal rulemaking process to consider moving marijuana from a Schedule I to Schedule III drug. What does that mean?
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Don’t pigeonhole women over careersMay 26, 2024 8:24 pm - Letter to the editor: A wolf in sheep’s clothing. She used protection of the First Amendment to try to eviscerate Harrison Butker’s message unsuccessfully.
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Money, power behind driver requirementMay 26, 2024 8:24 pm - Letter to the editor: Letter writer Barbara Bodnarchuk gave several valid points on the subject of why making seniors take road tests to renew their Illinois drivers licenses is illogical. But I’d like to add two reasons why the proposed legislation is most likely hung up in committee.
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Use elections to get lawmakers’ attentionMay 26, 2024 8:24 pm - Having read several recent letters on the requirement for annual driver tests for seniors, all endorsing an end to this requirement currently still a part of renewing dri...
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Nation faces possible autocracyMay 26, 2024 8:24 pm - Letter to the editor: To the Trump fanatics, here’s some truth. He’s a one-man crime wave. He must never become president again.
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Proposal dangerous to health, environmentMay 26, 2024 8:24 pm - Wheeling needs to review t he potential environmental and health impacts to residents before moving forward with the proposed Gas N Wash project at Hintz and Buffalo Grov...
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Medicaid has important role in mental healthMay 26, 2024 8:24 pm - Letter to the editor: Do you know how many members of your community have struggled with their mental health? Though many of us don’t think about mental illness often, odds are, you know someone who has experienced it.